The First Chapter In General Chapters 1.

Foreign Privileges The obstacles that the system known as foreign privileges places in the way of measures that are necessary for the progress of all the inhabitants of Egypt, foreigners and nationals alike, are well known and there is no need to repeat them here. However, the continuous questions about the government's negligence regarding some of the injustices or its leniency will lead to the introduction of some obvious and beneficial amendments. This clearly indicates that the questioners understand the extent to which foreign privileges hinder the Egyptian government and diminish its ability to manage important affairs. In the early days of the occupation, this was not felt strongly because the circumstances of that time, with the heavy burden of occupation, were such that the government was almost forced to focus on alleviating the burdens on the nation and increasing the country's resources. But now that those needs have been met and replaced by others no less pressing, even if they differ in nature, foreign privileges are a strong barrier preventing many necessary measures. The most important affairs today, which must be addressed if the path of progress is to continue at the same pace as in the past, require measures linked to the social and intellectual needs of the population. However, implementing these measures for Egyptians alone, without the Europeans living among them, is impossible. Implementing them for Europeans would be impossible before the approval of ten countries. Regardless of what is said about the good intentions of the countries, their readiness to consider and discuss these measures in the future, in practice, it is difficult to reach agreements that reconcile their differing views, especially since the refusal of a single country to approve a project prevents its implementation. This leads to the neglect of a significant amount of necessary reforms that would benefit this country and would no longer be able to take effective measures to alleviate many of the social injustices left behind by the past or to abolish them. It is appropriate to briefly mention some of the necessary reforms that foreign privileges prevent.